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"For my constituents, owning a home is the culmination of many years of hard work and the realization of the American Dream. At no time should a local entity take those years of hard work solely to increase their tax revenue."
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"America feels like home as much as it does here. Although it's a strange situation as I feel almost like I'm in no-man's land some of the time, because although I'm a resident, I still can't vote so I don't really have a say in what goes on where I live."

"The United States has made a massive effort since the end of the Second World War to secure the dominance of its films in foreign markets - an achievement generally pushed home politically, by writing clauses into various treaties and aid packages."

"My home was 25 miles from the gulf, and I did not want to see it become a shorefront property."

"I knew I was coming home, I thought they would consider acquittal, I was disappointed that they didn't."

"So people ought to be free to leave here, but there ought to be opportunity for them to come home."

"Ned made a tremendous rattling, at which Bullet took fright, broke his bridle, and dashed off in grand style; and would have stopped all farther negotiations by going home in disgust, had not a traveller arrested him and brought him back; but Kit did not move."
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"Supporting the troops has got to mean more than bumper stickers on pickup trucks, my friends. We need to give them what they need."


"Over the last five years, the Administration and the majority in Congress have appropriated less than $900 million for port security grants - despite the Coast Guard's determination that $5.4 billion is needed over 10 years."


"This nation's 23 million small businesses need a budget that reflects their value to the economy."


"Small businesses drive this economy and it is unacceptable that the President's budget proposal does not give them the tools they need to be successful."


"Education is the silver bullet to improve this Nation's standing worldwide... and our teachers know that."


"I worked with the March of Dimes to enact legislation for a national birth defects prevention program to provide surveillance, research and preventive services aimed at reducing the rate of birth defects."


"As a father and grandfather, I have witnessed firsthand the joy of new life entering the world. I know the pain and apprehension that goes along with premature births and birth defects."


"Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Peace Corps as it reached its 45th anniversary on March 1, 2006."


"Education should be one of our top funding priorities; talking about it does not help the teachers and students who desperately need promises fulfilled."


"In addition to serving overseas, the Peace Corps' Crisis Corps Volunteers have helped their fellow Americans."
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